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A long, long-running [[TheWestern Western]] series about the adventures of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and the citizenry of Dodge City, Kansas. It started as [[{{Radio/Gunsmoke}} a radio series]], then moved to Creator/{{CBS}} television (with a completely different cast) in 1955. It lasted until 1975 and was aired in a DramaticHalfHour format.

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A long, long-running [[TheWestern Western]] series about the adventures of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and the citizenry of Dodge City, Kansas. It started as [[{{Radio/Gunsmoke}} a radio series]], then moved to Creator/{{CBS}} television (with a completely different cast) in 1955. It lasted until 1975 and was aired in as a DramaticHalfHour format.
for it's first six seasons before expanding to an hour for the remainder of the series.
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A long, ''long'' running [[TheWestern Western]] series about the adventures of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and the citizenry of Dodge City, Kansas. It started as [[{{Radio/Gunsmoke}} a radio series]], then moved to Creator/{{CBS}} television (with a completely different cast) in 1955. It lasted to 1975.

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A long, ''long'' running long-running [[TheWestern Western]] series about the adventures of U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and the citizenry of Dodge City, Kansas. It started as [[{{Radio/Gunsmoke}} a radio series]], then moved to Creator/{{CBS}} television (with a completely different cast) in 1955. It lasted to 1975.
until 1975 and was aired in a DramaticHalfHour format.
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* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Newly tries to explain this several times to Merry Florene, who makes no secret of the fact she would like him to court her.

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* FrozenInTime: 1883 somehow managed to last for 20 years.

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* FrozenInTime: 1883 1875 somehow managed to last for 20 years.


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** The television movies further tangle the timeline. "The Last Apache" and "To The Last Man" are explicitly set in 1886 and no later than 1892 respectively, but are also said to take place 20 years after the end of the series, given the age of Matt's daughter. If the timeline was consistent, the events of the show should have ended in the 1890s, and the reunion movies should have been in the 1910s!
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* ActorSwap: Several recurring characters such as Mr. Jonas or Moss Grimmick are always played by the same actor, but some characters are seemingly played by whoever is available that week. Mr. Botkin, the banker and Bill Pence, co-owner of the Long Branch, are often played by different actors from episode to episode.

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* ActorSwap: Several recurring characters such as Mr. Jonas or Moss Grimmick are almost always played by the same actor, but some characters are seemingly played by whoever is available that week. Mr. Botkin, the banker and Bill Pence, co-owner of the Long Branch, are often played by different actors from episode to episode.

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%% * ReverseCerebusSyndromeReverseCerebusSyndrome: The series often has dark or bittersweet endings for years, with cruel characters sometimes winning, bad things happening to good people, and with episodes ending in grim ways. In later seasons characters were more likely to survive, and the situation was likely to turn out well with misunderstandings straightened out and criminals brought to justice.

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* RetiredBadass: Matt Dillon in the post-series tv movies.

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* RetiredBadass: Matt Dillon in the post-series tv movies. Crooks tend to underestimate him because he's old, but Matt can still hit hard and he can still shoot.
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* PerpetualPoverty: Festus rarely has any money, despite the fact that he does have an income once he becomes a regular deputy.

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